Same as it ever was; Boeheim, Syracuse rolling into Sweet 16
Same as it ever was; Boeheim, Syracuse rolling into Sweet 16
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Jim Boeheim heard the noise. And he tuned it out. Buddy Boeheim, however, could not. Would not. Scanning social media early in the season as Syracuse - the program the elder Boeheim has run for more than four decades - struggled to find its footing, the unfla
Several trails closed because of nesting peregrine falcons
Several trails closed because of nesting peregrine falcons
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BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) - Nesting peregrine falcons are once again claiming their territory, resulting in several trail closures in Acadia National Park. The Jordan Cliffs Trail, Precipice Trail, and a portion of the Orange & Black Path are closed until furthe
German trip exemption allows Bellingham to play for England
German trip exemption allows Bellingham to play for England
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LONDON (AP) - Borussia Dortmund teenager Jude Bellingham has been cleared to join up with the England squad for the start of World Cup qualifying. The 17-year-old midfielder will be granted a sporting exemption from Germany’s coronavirus regulations, meani
Duke University lifts stay-in-place order for undergraduates
Duke University lifts stay-in-place order for undergraduates
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DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - Duke University has lifted a stay-in-place order it issued last week for all undergraduate students following a spike in COVID-19 cases that officials blamed largely on students attending fraternity rush events. The lifting of the order Su
Chicago History Museum CEO wants to diversify attendance
Chicago History Museum CEO wants to diversify attendance
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CHICAGO (AP) - The new president of the Chicago History Museum says he wants to make the city’s oldest museum interactive and to increase and diversify attendance. CEO Donald Lassere says 80% of those visiting the museum on the city’s North Side are Whit
Mars findings cataloged in Navajo language
Mars findings cataloged in Navajo language
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Native people have had ties to land in North America since time immemorial, and now that connection is expanding to the cosmos. The Perseverance rover has been on Mars for a month, collecting data and making discoveries with each passing day. A number of the
Glacier Park adopts Going-to-the-Sun Road management plan
Glacier Park adopts Going-to-the-Sun Road management plan
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KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) - Glacier National Park officials have finalized the long-awaited Going-to-the-Sun Road corridor management plan to help improve the visitor experience and protect natural resources along the iconic alpine byway. The comprehensive plan h
Alabama’s hidden history: How highway could fuel tourism
Alabama’s hidden history: How highway could fuel tourism
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - During a killing spree in Greene County 150 years ago, a mob of Klansmen on horses murdered a Black political leader and a white politician. Seven months later, in October 1870, a massacre at a Black political rally in downtown Eutaw l
Indiana abstract art exhibit inspired by Rorschach inkblots
Indiana abstract art exhibit inspired by Rorschach inkblots
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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) - What might this be? That’s a basic question asked of people taking a Rorschach inkblot test. The same question could be asked for the Psychodiagnostik exhibit on display through May 9 at the Swope Art Museum in Terre Haute. Psychodi
Miami sets earlier curfew after spring break crowds, fights
Miami sets earlier curfew after spring break crowds, fights
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MIAMI (AP) - Officials are imposing an emergency 8 p.m.-6 a.m. curfew for Miami Beach, effective immediately after hard partying Spring Breakers trashed restaurants, brawled in the streets and gathered by the thousands without masks or social distancing, acco
Alabama cities resuming April walking tours after shutdown
Alabama cities resuming April walking tours after shutdown
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - About two dozen cities and town across Alabama will participate as the state tourism agency resumes a program to promote springtime walking tours. While the program was canceled last year because of the coronavirus pandemic, it will b
Eruption of Iceland volcano easing, not affecting flights
Eruption of Iceland volcano easing, not affecting flights
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REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) - The eruption of a long-dormant volcano that sent streams of lava flowing across a small valley in southwestern Iceland is easing and shouldn’t interfere with air travel, the Icelandic Meteorological Office said Saturday. The fissu
US businesses near border struggle with boundaries' closure
US businesses near border struggle with boundaries' closure
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NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) - Evan Kory started calling brides in Mexico’s northern Sonora state last March, asking if they wanted to get their wedding gowns from his Arizona store just before the U.S. closed its borders with Mexico and Canada because of the corona
Park authorities plan four spring fires for Indiana Dunes
Park authorities plan four spring fires for Indiana Dunes
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CHESTERTON, Ind. (AP) - Authorities plan four prescribed fires at Indiana Dunes National Park this spring, totaling more than 900 acres. Authorities said prescribed fires are used to restore the park. Exact dates have not been announced yet. Humidity and win
Havasu remains lively despite college break cancellations
Havasu remains lively despite college break cancellations
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LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. (AP) - Lake Havasu City’s beaches have been bustling for the first few weeks of the traditional spring break period. That’s good news for local businesses that depend on spring break tourism - especially since so many colleges can
13 have died since 2000 on Angels Landing trail at Zion
13 have died since 2000 on Angels Landing trail at Zion
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Corbin McMillen liked hiking in Zion National Park and its most infamous trail – the summit to Angels Landing. “I think he liked Angels Landing,” said Margie Barron, McMillen’s mother, “because it was… it gave him some adrena
NCAA teams locked away in hotel rooms amid Texas reopening
NCAA teams locked away in hotel rooms amid Texas reopening
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Looking down from her hotel room, Kentucky All-American Rhyne Howard can see the River Walk bustling with life. Hundreds of people - a high percentage not wearing masks - enjoying the restaurants, bars and shops along the San Antonio touri
Romania, Greece aim for speedy bilateral travel arrangement
Romania, Greece aim for speedy bilateral travel arrangement
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BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Romania and Greece are looking to set up a travel arrangement using their own vaccine certificates that would open up tourism between the two countries as soon as next month, officials said Friday. At a press conference in Bucharest
Minnesota officials link variant to recent rise in cases
Minnesota officials link variant to recent rise in cases
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota health officials suspect that a coronavirus variant is driving a recent increase in the state's case rate. Infectious Disease Director Kris Ehresmann said during a media briefing Friday that more than 300 cases of the B117 varian
Belgium pauses re-opening plans as virus infections mount
Belgium pauses re-opening plans as virus infections mount
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BRUSSELS (AP) - Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said Friday that the country faces a few “crucial weeks” as the number of coronavirus infections rise, and that the government has decided to pause its plans to gradually ease restrictions. Obligato
Greece to reopen ancient sites despite COVID-19 surge
Greece to reopen ancient sites despite COVID-19 surge
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Greece’s government announced plans Friday to reopen the Acropolis in Athens and other ancient sites nationwide and provide free weekly rapid tests for COVID-19 for all the country's residents as it prepares to restart the tourism seas
Program to explore how different cultures deal with grief
Program to explore how different cultures deal with grief
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DETROIT (AP) - Michigan State University’s Science Gallery Detroit and the MSU Broad Art Museum will host an international, virtual conference on grief and how people across the globe deal with it. Science of Grief starts Saturday evening with a panel discu
Humpback whale washes ashore on North Carolina's Outer Banks
Humpback whale washes ashore on North Carolina's Outer Banks
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RODANTHE, N.C. (AP) - A dead humpback whale has washed ashore on North Carolina's Outer Banks. The Charlotte Observer reported Thursday that the 18-foot whale was found on Pea Island, which is about half-mile north of Rodanthe on Cape Hatteras National Seash
Zoos, scientists aim to curb people giving virus to animals
Zoos, scientists aim to curb people giving virus to animals
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SAN DIEGO (AP) - The coughing among the western lowland gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in January was the first warning sign. Soon the fears were confirmed: A troop of gorillas became the first apes known to test positive for the coronavirus. Aroun
TX AG accuses San Antonio hotel of price-gouging in storm
TX AG accuses San Antonio hotel of price-gouging in storm
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AUSTIN (AP) - The Texas attorney general sued a San Antonio hotel owner Thursday and accused the operator of price-gouging during last month's storm that left millions of Texans without power and heat during sub-freezing temperatures. The attorney general acc
Pride program: Rangers offer front-office look for students
Pride program: Rangers offer front-office look for students
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - The Texas Rangers have established a fellowship program named after the late Charley Pride that will offer 10-week paid internships for students from diverse backgrounds to have the opportunity to work in the team's front office. Fiv
Mexico limits nonessential travel on southern border
Mexico limits nonessential travel on southern border
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MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico announced restrictions Thursday on nonessential travel across its southern border with Guatemala and Belize “to prevent the spread of COVID-19.” The Foreign Relations Department did not explain why the measure was announced Thur
EXPLAINER: Will you need a 'vaccine passport' to travel?
EXPLAINER: Will you need a 'vaccine passport' to travel?
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Airlines and others in the travel industry are throwing their support behind so-called vaccine passports to boost pandemic-depressed travel, and authorities in Europe could embrace the idea quickly enough for the peak summer vacation season. Technology compan
Stone tablet marking First Amendment freedoms finds new home
Stone tablet marking First Amendment freedoms finds new home
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A four-story, 50-ton marble tablet engraved with the text of the First Amendment, previously displayed on the facade of the now-shuttered Newseum in Washington, will find a new home in Philadelphia across from Independence Hall. The Nation
HBCU Legacy Bowl to be played next February in New Orleans
HBCU Legacy Bowl to be played next February in New Orleans
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Black College Football Hall of Fame has established the HBCU Legacy Bowl, a postseason all-star game that will showcase NFL draft-eligible players from historically Black colleges and universities. The game will take place on the Satur
Officials seek information on death of endangered gray wolf
Officials seek information on death of endangered gray wolf
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EAGAR, Ariz. (AP) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating what it says is a suspicious death of an endangered Mexican gray wolf near Eagar. The agency and others are offering a reward of up to $37,000 for information that leads to a conviction.
City pushes for reopening of east entrance to Grand Canyon
City pushes for reopening of east entrance to Grand Canyon
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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - Grand Canyon National Park officials tentatively plan to reopen the park's eastern entrance in late May, but there's sentiment in a small northern Arizona city that depends on tourism that sooner would be better. “Our sales tax for
Sheltered from virus, Kauai plans cautious return to tourism
Sheltered from virus, Kauai plans cautious return to tourism
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LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) - As the coronavirus ravaged other parts of the U.S., residents of this rural Pacific island watched safely from afar. Kauai, one of the world’s most sought-after vacation destinations, has been nearly impossible to visit for most of the
John Kerry caught maskless on American Airlines flight
John Kerry caught maskless on American Airlines flight
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Climate czar John Kerry was caught on an airplane flight Wednesday flaunting the mask policies pushed by President Biden and imposed by U.S. airlines. A fellow passenger snapped an open-faced photo of the failed 2004 Democratic presidential nominee on an Amer
Tribe allows east entrances of Glacier National Park to open
Tribe allows east entrances of Glacier National Park to open
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HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Glacier National Park announced its east side entrances would open for winter recreation starting Thursday after the Blackfeet Tribal Business Council voted Wednesday to allow the entrances to open for the 2021 season. The park’s five e
Amtrak asks agency to grant access to Gulf Coast rails
Amtrak asks agency to grant access to Gulf Coast rails
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Amtrak says it has asked a federal agency to require that two freight railroads provide access to their rails for the resumption of passenger train service between New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama. The passenger rail corporation, partially o
Tribe allows east entrance to Glacier National Park to open
Tribe allows east entrance to Glacier National Park to open
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HELENA, Mont. (AP) - The Blackfeet Tribal Business Council voted Wednesday to allow the eastern entrance to Glacier National Park, located on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, to open for the 2021 tourist season. The east entrance has been closed since last M
Savannah skips famed St. Patrick's parade, but party goes on
Savannah skips famed St. Patrick's parade, but party goes on
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SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Pulling the plug on the South's largest St. Patrick's Day parade didn't stop the party in Savannah, where gaudy green tourists kept bars, restaurants and hotels busy for days and had police handing out thousands of masks amid fears the re
Disneyland will reopen in California on April 30
Disneyland will reopen in California on April 30
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Disney will reopen its theme parks in California at the end of April after remaining closed for more than a year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Disneyland announced Wednesday that Disneyland and Disney California Adventure will reope
EU sets out virus pass plan to allow free travel by summer
EU sets out virus pass plan to allow free travel by summer
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BRUSSELS (AP) - With summer looming and tourism-reliant countries anxiously waiting for the return of a steady influx of tourism income amid the coronavirus pandemic, the European Union's executive body presented a proposal Wednesday that would allow Europea
